AGU Fellows are recognized for their scientific eminence, demonstrated through breakthroughs, discoveries or innovations that advance the Earth and space sciences
Continue reading "GSO’s Steven D’Hondt elected AGU Fellow"January 25, 2024 – The Conversation
Continue reading "From New York to Jakarta, land in many coastal cities is sinking faster than sea levels are rising"June 16, 2023 – Forbes
Continue reading "New York City Is Sinking Under The Weight Of Its Own Buildings"
URI GSO doctoral student Victoria Fulfer is analyzing samples collected around the world during The Ocean Race for microplastics.
Continue reading "URI doctoral oceanography student playing key role in microplastics research as part of ongoing The Ocean Race"
GSO scientists found that New York City, just one of many growing coastal cities all over the world that is observed to be subsiding, is sinking at a rate of 1 to 4 millimeters per year.
Continue reading "New York City is sinking, and it’s not alone"May 17, 2023 – New York Post
Continue reading "NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn"May 17, 2023 – Architectural Digest
Continue reading "New York City May Be Sinking Under the Weight of Its Skyscrapers"
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Clinical Professor and GSO alum Sunshine Menezes (Ph.D. 2005) and Professor of Oceanography Steven D’Hondt to the rank of AAAS Fellow.
Continue reading "Two URI faculty members named AAAS fellows"
How does life exist far beneath the ocean floor in one of the deepest places on Earth? A group of scientists and students are in waters off Puerto Rico to shed more light on that question.
Continue reading "Life under pressure: URI faculty, students research microbes in Puerto Rico Trench"